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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Victorian poet famous for her collection Sonnets from the Portuguese

Did you know?She eloped to Italy with fellow poet Robert Browning because her father strictly forbade any of his children to marry.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death.

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Age at death: 55
Years since death: 165

Born: March 6, 1806 · Coxhoe Hall, United Kingdom
Died: June 29, 1861
Nationality: British
Known for: Literature, Film

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Father: Edward Moulton-Barrett
Mother: Mary Graham-Clarke
Spouse: Robert Browning
Child: Robert Barrett Browning

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